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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, April 5.
Obama: Imagine if I had done any of this. Imagine if I had pulled Fox News’ credentials from the White House press corps. Imagine if I had said to law firms that were representing parties that were upset with policies my administration had initiated, that you will not be allowed… pic.twitter.com/htecKDCbyi
— Acyn (@Acyn) April 4, 2025
- Trump administration accidentally tells Ukrainian refugees they must leave U.S. immediately, citing an “error”
- Foreign visits into the U.S. fell off a cliff in March
- I was a British tourist trying to leave America. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre (“Graphic artist Rebecca Burke was on the trip of a lifetime. But as she tried to leave the US she was stopped, interrogated and branded an illegal alien by ICE. Now back home, she tells others thinking of going to Trump’s America: don’t do it”)
- China says ‘market has spoken’ after Trump tariffs spark global stocks rout
- China hit brakes on TikTok deal after Trump announced wide-ranging tariffs, AP source says
- Germany considers withdrawing 1,200-ton gold stockpile from US in riposte to Trump
- In his contempt for Europe, Trump might reap what he has sown
- The Predatory Friend: Trump Treats Europe as Anything but an Ally
- Le Pen verdict stokes fury among members of Trump administration (Trump hates it when far-right, corrupt leaders are held to account by the rule of law.)
- Broken and in the grip of civil war, can Myanmar rebuild after earthquake? (“The junta’s poor emergency response leaves people fearing prolonged chaos, despite the relentless propaganda”)
- USAID team fired while in Myanmar earthquake zone, ex-official says
- Why Canadians Are Better Than Americans at Protesting Trump Right Now (“A unified movement like ‘Buy Canadian’ is hard to find in America.”)
- Canada says its friendship with the US is ‘over.’ Now what?
- Bernie Sanders Tried to Block Arms Sales to Israel and Got Almost No Support (“Why exactly does the country need another $8 billion in U.S. weaponry?”)
- Scoop: Netanyahu planning to visit White House Monday, sources say (Yuck.)
- Video Shows Aid Workers Killed in Gaza Under Gunfire Barrage, With Ambulance Lights On (War crime.)
- Trump Has Already Botched His Own Bad Tariff Plan (“Once you’ve said you might negotiate, nobody is going to believe you when you change your mind and say you’ll never negotiate.”)
- Inside President Trump’s whirlwind decision to upend global trade
- President Trump’s Tariff Formula Makes No Economic Sense. It’s Also Based on an Error.
- Ted Cruz warns Trump tariffs could be ‘terrible for America’
- Trump’s ‘liberation day’ could mean recession in the US and pain worldwide (“The US president’s tariffs are vengeful and impetuous – and will have immense costs with no clear goal”)
- Republicans Like to Cut Taxes. With Tariffs, Trump Is Raising Them.
- Ted Cruz Warns Tariffs Risk Sparking GOP Wipeout in 2026 Elections
- U.S. abandons 80-year era of pursuing globalization
- ‘Everyone is terrified’: Business and government officials are afraid to cross Trump on tariffs
- House Republican moves to rein in tariff powers (“Nebraska Rep. Don Bacon said he plans to introduce a companion bill to the bipartisan Senate legislation aimed at reclaiming Congress’ authority over tariffs, becoming the first House Republican to openly challenge the powers President Donald Trump is using to launch a massive global trade war.”)
- US starts collecting Trump’s new 10% tariff, smashing global trade norms
- Trump Tariffs Take Effect (“Baseline of 10% applies to nearly all nations, with higher rates to follow for some.”)
- Trump’s 10% Baseline Tariff on Most US Imports Takes Effect
- Friday’s stock market comes after a historically bad day as investors react to Trump’s tariff plan
- Tariffs Wipe Out Over $6 Trillion on Wall Street in Epic Two-Day Rout (“The Dow industrials lost more than 3,000 points for the week, or 7.9%, sending the blue-chip index into a correction.”)
- Relax America, He’s Just “Purposely Crashing the Market” (“The President sayts Americans need to ‘HANG TOUGH'”)
- Dow Jones plunges over 2,200 points as tariff carnage roils global markets
- Trump’s tariffs will likely mean ‘higher inflation and slower growth’, says Fed chair
- The Fed Isn’t Rushing to Save the Markets This Time
- Dow drops 2,200 points Friday, S&P 500 loses 10% in 2 days as Trump’s tariff rout deepens: Live updates
- As Golden Ages Go, This One Sucks (“We’ve hit an ‘anti-jackpot’ unprecedented in our history and, I would guess, in the history of most other countries too. (Why do I guess that? Because most countries that hit this kind of skid tend not to survive.)”)
- Retirees ‘stunned’ as market turmoil shrinks their 401(k)s (If any of those retirees voted for Trump, hopefully they FINALLY realize how stupid that was!)
- Stocks post worst week since pandemic on tariff chaos
- Worst week for US stocks since Covid as Trump’s 10% tariffs on UK kick in
- As stock market continues plummeting over tariffs, Trump spends the day at his golf course
- Buffett denies social media rumors after Trump shares wild claim that investor backs president crashing market
- What Happens to the Venezuelans Sent to a Salvadoran Mega-Prison Now? (“The Trump administration says it cannot bring back those mistakenly removed. That claim “doesn’t make any sense,” a former ICE official says.”)
- Judge orders Trump administration to bring back Md. man mistakenly deported
- The US must return a Maryland man mistakenly deported to an El Salvador prison, judge says
- ICE Is Reportedly Violating Detained Tufts Student’s Right to Medical Care (“Democrats say Rümeysa Öztürk’s inhaler has been withheld and she has had repeated asthma attacks.” That’s barbaric!)
- Massive anti-Trump protests expected Saturday in DC and across US (“More than 1,000 ‘Hands Off’ protests planned against ‘all-out assault on our government, economy and basic rights’”)
- What this disastrous week taught us about the Trump presidency (“The true nature of America’s crisis has been revealed.”)
- A stunning number of electric vehicle, battery factories are being canceled (“Billions of dollars in clean energy projects have been canceled since Donald Trump took office again.” UGH.)
- It’s a terrifying time for free speech and civil liberties in Trump’s America
- The economy. The Constitution. Is there anything Trump won’t destroy?
- What FDR built, Trump wants to tear down
- Supreme Court Lets Trump Suspend Grants to Teachers (This court is totally f’ed up – and lawless.)
- The Fight for the Post-Trump Future Has Already Begun (“How Democrats choose to confront DOGE’s corrupt destruction today will determine whether America recovers—and who will lead that recovery.”)
- Massive, Unarchivable Datasets of Cancer, Covid, and Alzheimer’s Research Could Be Lost Forever
- Ousted Vaccine Chief Says RFK Jr.’s Team Sought Data to Justify Anti-Science Stance
- RFK Jr. said HHS would rehire thousands of fired workers. That wasn’t true.
- Axed Vaccine Chief Reveals RFK Jr.’s Crackpot ‘Data’ Demands (“VERY SCARY”)
- Trump Rejects Biden Plan to Expand Medicare Coverage for Obesity Drugs
- Trump administration eviscerates maternal and child health programs (“Alarm over ‘the health of the nation’s children’ follows federal workforce cuts by health secretary RFK Jr”)
- Judge finds FEMA withholding grants in violation of court order
- Trump’s decision to upend his national security team at the behest of conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer is a five-alarm fire (“A Trumpist fanatic attains real power”)
- Trump Tax Cut, Debt Limit Plan Advances Amid Tariff Turmoil
- Senate Approves G.O.P. Budget Plan After Overnight Vote-a-Thon
- Fate of the Filibuster Emerges as a Central Issue in Senate Budget Fight
- The GOP has an Orwellian solution to pay for Trump’s tax cuts
- Nearly half of National Weather Service offices are critically understaffed, experts warn
- US Weather Agency Websites Set to Vanish With Contract Cuts
- IRS will cut 25% of its employees, eliminating its civil rights office
- Hundreds of law firms, former judges sign onto briefs in support of Perkins Coie
- Musk may soon leave the White House, but his bromance with Trump will remain (“Rather than an explosive split that many predicted, Musk instead appears set to keep close ties with Trump and retain influence on US politics”)
- U.S. Peace Corps says Musk’s DOGE has arrived at its HQ
- Trump headlining $1 million a person super PAC dinner as stocks sink over tariffs
- Obama calls on citizens, colleges and law firms to resist Trump agenda
- Obama’s Blistering New Takedown of Trump Gives Dems a Way Forward
- Obama Breaks Silence on Trump’s ‘Unimaginable’ Presidency
- Obama Calls for Universities to Stand Up for Core Values
- Obama says he is ‘deeply concerned’ with the Trump administration’s targeting of students, journalists and law firms
- Appeals Court Orders Thousands of Voters to Verify Information in Contested N.C. Election
- New court decision in a disputed North Carolina race means 65,000 votes are a step closer to be being thrown out (Republicans are trying to steal this election!)
- Jerry Nadler on Trump’s university attacks: ‘He doesn’t give a damn about antisemitism’ (“Congressman tells the Guardian Trump is exploiting fight against antisemitism as a ruse to stamp his will on schools”)
- Felon Freed by Trump Is Sent Back to Prison After Child Assault Charge
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Leads Chuck Schumer in Hypothetical 2028 Matchup by 19 Points
- Prosecutors seek 7 years in prison for disgraced former Rep. George Santos in federal fraud case
- New York Warns Trump It Will Not Comply With Public School D.E.I. Order (Nobody should.)
- Sen. Mark Warner Rips Trump’s Firing of NSA Director Gen. Tim Haugh, Says Trump “takes staffing direction on national security from a discredited conspiracy theorist” (Warner: “how does firing [Gen. Haugh] make Americans any safer?”)
- Trump Administration FINALLY Approves “major disaster declaration and significant additional funding for Southwest Virginia”; Youngkin Falsely Blames…Wait for It…Yep, the Biden Administration for the Aid Having Been “bottled up.” Wuuuuut??? (he Biden administration actually “approved a major disaster declaration for Virginia” back on October 2, 2024)
- Virginia gets major federal disaster declaration for winter floods
- Trump approves disaster declaration for Southwest Virginia communities hit by February flooding
- Trump looms large as Virginia turns to election season (“One analyst said that in the campaigns to come “Democrats will make Trump the first name of every Republican who’s on the ballot.” Republicans plan to emphasize Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s economic record.” First of all, Youngkin hasn’t done s*** for Virginia’s economy. Second, by the fall, thanks to Youngkin’s idol Trump, Virginia’s economy – and the national economy – could be in ruins, so good luck emphasizing THAT!)
- Virginia House Democrats Announce Battleground Slate as GOP Incumbents Head for the Exits; Name 13 Republican-Held Target Seats
- Ex-State Sen. Amanda Chase says she’s eligible to challenge Earle-Sears in a primary
- Rural GroundGame: Energizing Democracy in Rural Virginia – The Power of Candidate Recruitment, Finding and Supporting Future Leaders, etc.
- VT President Tim Sands responds to concerns around diversity changes, immigration challenges and freedom of speech on campus (“Virginia Tech President Tim Sands held a special meeting Friday to discuss how changes ordered by the Trump administration are affecting the university. Sands spoke for nearly two hours and answered questions from students and faculty on a wide range of issues.”)
- Norfolk mayor announces MacArthur developer, plans for Military Circle library and fitness center
- Man once called “Fairfax County’s most wanted” sentenced to 33 years
- Fairfax Co. students create app to find signs of oral cancer
- CWG Live updates: Lots of clouds with occasional raindrops this weekend (“It’ll turn much chillier next week.”)
